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8 UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER GOODLIFFE, OF CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,733, dated May 29,1894.

Application filed October 16,1893- Serial No. 488.254. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER ,GOODLIFFE, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Cambridge, England, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements on an invention for which LettersPatent were granted to me dated the 7th day of November, 1893, No.508,382, entitled improvements in bedsteads.

In the accompanying drawings:Figure l is a metal bedstead having amovable frame provided with rings adjustably connected togetheraccording to my present invention. Fig. 2 is a side sectional view ofone of the rings shown applied to a bed post or pillar. Fig. 3 is afront elevation of a pair of such rings applied to their respectivepillars and provided with the said means for adj ustably connecting therings together. Fig. 4 is a plan of Fig. 3 but showing thepillars insection. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation illustrating a modifiedarrangement for adjustably connecting the rings. Fig. 6 is a front elevation illustrating a further modification; and Fig. 7 is a side sectionalelevation of the same.

Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar or correspondingparts.

a, a are the pillars, and b, b, b the cross rails forming the outerframe of the head of the bedstead.

c is the inner or movable frame, and d, d are the projections or pivotsat its upper end connected to rings e, e sliding upon the pillars a, a,the said rings being provided with sockets f, f to receive the saidprojections.

In order to adj ustably connect the rings e,

- 6 together according to my invention and for the purpose hereinbeforereferred to I may make use of a tie-bar or rod g, as shown in Figs. 1,3, and 4., which rod is passed through eyes h, Fig. 2, in lugs z' on therings e which may be whole, or split as in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, andprovided with a lining j of soft material such as leather, felt or thelike to prevent the rings from injuring the pillars a. The rod 9 isprovided with a head 70 at one end and its other end is screw-threadedto receive an adjusting nut l, by operating which the rings 6 can becaused to grip the pillars a more or less tightly. The rod Q can beplaced in front of the pillars a as shown or at the rear of the thesame, as will be obvious. Or the adjustable connection can be effected,as shown in Fig. 5, by screw-threading the two projections or pivots d,d and sockets f, f with threads of opposite hand so that the act ofmoving the lower end of the inner frame a forward will cause the rings eto press upon or grip the pillars a. Or, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, Imay employ a pair of rings upon each pillar a, each pair of the saidrings being connected together by a bar m having a boss n in which thescrew-threaded socket is formed.

0, 0 are the projections at the lower end of the frame 0, whichprojections engage with notches p in rings q when the said frame is notrequired for use as a bed-rest.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the sameis to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is-- 1. In combination with the head of a bedstead, slidingrings on the post thereof, a movable frame pivoted at its upper end -tosaid sliding rings and clamping means for locking said rings in placesimultaneously, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the head of a bedstead, sliding rings on theposts thereof, and a movable inner frame pivoted to said rings at theupper end by threaded projections adapted to act to clamp the rings inplace in one position of the frame, substantially as described.

' WALTER GOODLIFFE. Witnesses:

H. N. BURDEN,

6 Catherine 825., Cambridge. E. B. CLARKE,

18 Lyndewode Road, Cambridge.

